On Jun 5, 2006, at 5:46 AM, Robert Casties wrote:
>
> What I call the Backspace key is the one on the upper right of the  
> main
> keyboard (look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout). In my
> German 12" Powerbook this key has an arrow to the left on it. It  
> should
> delete to the left (thus Backspace :-)

Hmm, thanks -- interesting page.  I don't know if the Apple US  
Powerbook and PowerMac keyboards are really nonstandard or what,  
because the upper right key definitely says "Delete" not Backspace,  
and sends an NSDeleteCharacter heyboard event, NOT an  
NSBackspaceCharacter.

It's clear that Backspace should be mapped to 'DEL' and KP-Del should  
be mapped to 'delete-char', but what to map Delete to is less clear.   
For example, terminal-mode emacs 21 that comes on my Macs maps my  
"Delete" (which SHOULD be backspace) to delete-char, which is wrong.

I think the code needs to somehow ascertain whether a backspace key  
exists on the user's keyboard.  I'll have to look more into this  
before the release..




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